399 Paediatric injury prevention: addressing injury prevention through a coordinated approach

Injury prevention in paediatric sport-related injuries: a scientific approach.

Youth have very high participation rates in sport, and sport is the leading cause of youth injury in many countries. Canadian studies report that 30–40% of youth (ages 11–18 years) seek medical attention for a sport injury annually. 7 While physical activity prevents all-cause morbidity associated with a sedentary lifestyle, injuries can become a barrier to physical activity. Injury prevention ...

O14: Trauma Surgery and Injury Prevention

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Injury prevention.

Injury Prevention

Accident prevention--injury control--injury prevention--or whatever?

The launch of a new international journal on injury prevention offers a unique opportunity to open up a debate on terminology. Over the last 30 years or so there has emerged a number of terms which may or may not be compatible. In North America there now appears to be a strong consensus on the use of the term injury control."2 In the UK the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) ...